Our speakers for 2019

Experience an international line-up of speakers from academia and business practice at the first “Future of Work in Smart Industries” conference. Leading experts will be examining the topics of the future today using both classic presentations and interactive formats. Deep dive panels, best-case presentations and question & answer sessions will also create a relevance to current business practice.

Further details will follow shortly. The list of our speakers is being continually updated.

Richard David Precht, Philosopher and Publicist

Opening Keynote

"The Digital Revolution: we are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic"

Everybody knows that our world is currently undergoing rapid change. But how are we reacting to it? Some people are celebrating the digital future with frightening naivety and await the changes just as patiently as they would wait for a change in the weather. And politicians don't seem to be taking this major upheaval seriously. They are simply rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. Others warn about the dictatorship of the big digital corporates in Silicon Valley. And others would rather simply bury their heads in the sand and go back to the past.

Richard David Precht, on the other hand, shows us a more desirable future in the Digital Age. Is the end of the meritocracy as we know it, a loss at all? Precht believes it offers us the chance to live a more fulfilling and self-determined life. But we need to set the right course now and make consistent changes to our social system. After all, the future does not simply appear - we are the ones that shape it! The question is not "How are we going to live?" but "How do we want to live?"

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Born in Solingen in 1964, Precht studied Philosophy, German Studies and Art History in Cologne where he obtained his doctorate (Dr. phil.) in German Studies in 1994. He worked as a research assistant at the University of Cologne from 1991 to 1995. He was a research fellow at the Chicago Tribune and recipient of a scholarship at the European Center for Journalism in Berlin from 2000 to 2001. He later worked as a columnist for the magazine “Literaturen” and a moderator of the WDR radio programme “Tageszeichen”. He also discussed philosophical questions for the cultural magazine “west.art” and was guest moderator of “Sternstunde Philosophie” on Swiss television. Precht has written numerous bestselling books and publications. He was a member of the jury for the Adolf-Grimme Prize for ten years and was a member of the jury for the Henri-Nannen Prize in 2012.

Precht has been hosting the ZDF programme “Precht” since 2012 for which he was awarded the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Television Award) in 2013. Precht has been Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Leuphana University Lüneburg since 2011 and also Honorary Professor for Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Hans Eisler School of Music in Berlin since 2012.

Bernd Osterloh, Chairman of the Central and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG

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“Shaping the change: Volkswagen’s future pact”

The automotive industry is currently undergoing more change than ever before in its 100-year history. The car is becoming part of the Internet, fully networked assistance functions are increasingly taking over, electro-mobility is replacing the combustion engine, mobility services such as car and ride sharing are bringing new business models with new competitors ‒ and last but not least, digitalisation is changing whole job profiles in the production hall and the office. It is already clear that this process will have a serious impact on several tens of thousands of jobs in the German car industry alone. Right in the middle is Volkswagen as the world’s largest car manufacturer and Germany’s biggest private employer. In Lower Saxony alone, around 100,000 jobs are dependent on VW. How do employee representatives cope with the challenges? How do they actively shape the required transformation in the interests of the current and future workforce? How can they make sure that nobody is left by the wayside?

Bernd Osterloh, Chairman of the Volkswagen Central and Group Works Council talks about ways of dealing with this transformation. While the VW board wanted to cut jobs across the board, the Works Council achieved the ground-breaking agreement of the so-called future pact. So Volkswagen was the first manufacturer to give specific answers to the challenges faced by the industry as early as 2016. This includes clear perspectives for the plants, innovative concepts for the transformation of the workforce and employment protection well into the next decade. The works council also pushed through a comprehensive partial retirement programme to manage the socially acceptable reduction in jobs along the demographic curve.

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Bernd Osterloh is a real “car guy” and has been with Volkswagen for more than 40 years. He was involved in the building of the Golf I back in the 1970s. His career at Europe’s biggest car company progressed from positions as shop steward of the trade union IG Metall and works council member eventually to the top of the employee representative body in 2005. Osterloh has fought for the interests of the workforce during major crises: from the four-day week and the dispute over VW-law to the Porsche takeover battle and the emissions scandal.

Bernd Osterloh has been a member of the steering committee of the Volkswagen supervisory board since 1 January 2005. He was born in Braunschweig on 12 September 1956, completed his training as an industrial business management assistant from 1973 to 1975 and has been working at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg since 1977. His further supervisory board mandates in the Group include Skoda Auto a.s. and SEAT S.A., the Porsche Holding Stuttgart GmbH and the TRATON SE. Osterloh also holds a number of honorary posts in organisations promoting social initiatives, for example he is first chairman of the booster club ready4work e.V. and member of the board of the adult education centre “Bildungszentrum Heimvolkshochschule Hustedt e.V.

Janina Kugel, Labour Director and Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG

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“Leadership 4.0: Less managing. More empowering, motivating – and being open to new ideas!”

The digital transformation is a challenge for both companies and employees: speed, agility, adaptability. These are the factors that promise success in the future. Managers will be playing a key role on the way there – and not as a “manager” or “boss” but as a companion, enabler and networker. They create the basic conditions that allow employees to produce creative, flexible and productive work. They encourage and accompany people in their individual further development. And managers need to set an example by being open to unconventional approaches and new ideas. And by modelling the concept that “learning” is a lifetime project. Janina Kugel gives an insight into how Siemens, as an international corporate group, is tackling structural change and shares her experiences on the way to a learning organisation.

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Janina Kugel has been Labour Director and Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG since February 2015. She is responsible for human resources worldwide including diversity, training and further training, social innovation and environmental protection, health management and safety. Previously she was in charge of human resources strategy and manager training at Siemens.

From 2012 to 2013, Janina Kugel was Chief Human Resources Officer at Osram Licht AG responsible for human resources, manager training and diversity worldwide. Before moving to Osram, she held various management positions at Siemens in for example, human resources and strategy in Germany, China and Italy. Janina Kugel began her career in management consulting with Accenture in 1997. Her various roles as a management consultant allowed her to work for international companies in Europe and the USA focusing on process re-engineering, restructuring and organisational design. She is an active supporter of numerous national and international diversity initiatives. She takes on external mandates as a member of the Practice Council of the Hertie School of Governance and the university council of the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt. Janina Kugel is also a member of the foundation board of the Siemens Stiftung, the supervisory board of Siemens Healthcare GmbH, of Konecranes Plc and the German pension insurance association (Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein) and committee member of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA). Janina Kugel graduated in Economics from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and the University of Verona, Italy. She has two children and lives with her family in Munich. When she has time, she enjoys jogging and plays the piano.

Prof. Dr. Hilmar Schneider, CEO IZA - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit

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„Digitalisation and job market – Is everything really going to be different this time?“

It couldn’t be more of a paradox: technical progress has always been the source of prosperity and employment growth yet is invariably perceived, first and foremost, as a job killer. Ongoing digitalisation is currently the subject of criticism. In 2013, the Oxford professors Frey and Osbourne announced in a highly regarded paper that almost 50% of jobs in the USA were threatened by automation. So far seemingly the opposite has happened and it is not expected that anything will change in this respect in the foreseeable future. In my talk, I would like to consider why that is and describe the underlying challenges. There won’t be less work but it is subject to constant change. The more routine jobs are taken over by machines, the more human work will focus on activities that require creativity, cognitive skills and the ability to interact socially. Catastrophes look different.

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Hilmar Schneider is a sociologist and holds a doctorate in Economics. He has been studying the effects of technological change on the working world for many years. He took over the leadership of the Bonn research institute looking at the future of work in 2016. Before that, he directed the Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research. His successful work at the interface between economics and practical policy consultation can be seen in a large number of research reports, specialist publications and media articles. He also acts as a consultant to federal and state governments on a regular basis. He has been a member of the Census Commission, core expert for the Federal Chancellor’s Future Dialogue and has recently been appointed as an expert to the commission of enquiry “Digital Transformation of the Working World” of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Christiane Benner, Zweite Vorsitzende der IG Metall

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“Good and secure work in digitalisation”

Digitalisation is on the way. At varying speeds but it is definitely unstoppable. It needs companies to engage in some fundamental and forward-looking structuring. This is the only way to guarantee secure and good work for as many employees as possible. To achieve this, we need a joint initiative of employers, trade unions and government representatives. With a clear goal: the focus is on the individual. Progress in technology must lead to progress in social relations. Christiane Benner, Second Chairperson of IG Metall explains her proposals.

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Christiane Benner has been Second Chairperson of IG Metall since October 2015. She is the first women to be elected to top management in the 125-year history of the industrial trade union. She is responsible for the departments of Human Resources and Organisation and also for target group work, equal opportunities and the crowdsourcing project. Previously, she was managing director of IG Metall.

From 2008 to 2011, Ms Benner was Division Manager on the board of IG Metall responsible for ITC and target group work. She worked in district management for Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt between 2000 and 2008, focusing on collective bargaining policy. From 1997 to 2000, she was responsible for youth work and ITC at the Frankfurt/Main branch office.

She is a qualified sociologist and a member of the supervisory boards of BMW AG, Munich and Continental AG, Hanover.

Kai Anderson, Gründungspartner Promerit / Mercer, Buchautor

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“Digital human: humans at the centre of digitalisation”

We need to change our attitude and see this as an opportunity. Personal, entrepreneurial, social. At a personal (individual) level, we need more movement.For companies, the key to a successful transformation is an open-minded culture and digital skills. At a social level, we (still) need better education and fewer regulations.

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Kai Anderson is one of the leading change experts in Europe. He is the founder and managing director of the management consultancy specialising in transformation and people management, Promerit. Executives trust his expertise in organisational and cultural development in the restructuring of their companies.

The journal “Personalmagazin” again named him one of the “40 leading brains in HR” in 2017. Kai Anderson is a regular speaker at specialist events and author of the books “Das agile Unternehmen” and “Digital human: der Mensch im Mittelpunkt der Digitalisierung”.

Marc Wagner, Expert, HR Influencer & New Work Pioneer

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Impulse: Power comes from the cell - a new world of work in industry

We should be agile, disruptive and at most digital, always keeping an eye on the customer journey. It looks familiar to you, doesn't it?And yet numerous transformation projects are still failing and established companies in particular often fail to break through rigid patterns sustainably. The Company ReBuilding approach helps you to create sustainable organizations on the basis of flexible cell structures. We will present this holistic approach to you and use various use cases to show you how you can equip the identified cells and networks with the necessary technology with maximum agility and user centricity and thus build up your digital workplace step by step.

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Marc Wagner is a proven expert in the field of New Work & Company ReBuilding and was voted Top HR Influencer (Personalmagazin) and Top 10 New Work Pioneers (Pathfinder Award 2019 Workpath) in 2018.

As a member of the international management team within Detecon International, he is responsible for the practice "Company ReBuilding" (CRB), newly founded in 2017, whose aim is to strengthen the innovative ability of companies and bring the "Beyond Consulting Vision" to life. With the "Company ReBuilding" approach, he and his team have developed an approach that enables large companies to build agile and innovative structures with maximum customer orientation, without having to embark on a tough and lengthy transformation process. Detecon's extensive experience from international innovation and transformation projects, particularly in the USA and China, is incorporated in this process.

In accordance with the "eat your own dogfood" approach, Detecon's own practice was built up according to Company ReBuilding criteria and controlled by linking OKRs (Objective & Key Results) and an agile model.

For more than 20 years, Marc has accompanied companies in the design of digital transformation - whether from a financial or cultural perspective - and in doing so has repeatedly drawn new inspiration from his own projects and the exchange with his excellent network of international top experts and leaders. Before joining Detecon, he spent several years at Deutsche Telekom's Center for Strategic Projects (CSP), where he was involved in strategic transformation projects in the Finance division, was a restructuring consultant in various consulting firms, and was the founder and managing director of a consulting firm specializing in software development and IT training. He is co-author of the best-practice book "New Work: Auf dem Weg zur neuen Arbeitswelt" (Springer/Gabler) and editor of a study on new work and innovation culture. He has two children, is married and not only because of his wife - an absolute fan of China.

Ulrike Volejnik, Member of the Management Board

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Impulse: Power comes from the cell - a new world of work in industry

We should be agile, disruptive and at most digital, always keeping an eye on the customer journey. It looks familiar to you, doesn't it?

And yet numerous transformation projects are still failing and established companies in particular often fail to break through rigid patterns sustainably. The Company ReBuilding approach helps you to create sustainable organizations on the basis of flexible cell structures. We will present this holistic approach to you and use various use cases to show you how you can equip the identified cells and networks with the necessary technology with maximum agility and user centricity and thus build up your digital workplace step by step.

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Ulrike Volejnik has been a member of the management board of T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH since 2012. Previously, she held various positions in product management at Deutsche Telekom and held several management positions at T-Systems Multimedia Solutions. Since the beginning of 2019, she has also been responsible for the New Work business area at T-Systems, which, with around 500 employees, will shape the digital workplace of tomorrow for companies.

In this role, she deals with changes in the world of work and the organization of companies that demand fast moving digital markets from companies. Change for employees and managers requires innovations in the working world towards a new, digital work culture - New Work. Classic concepts of working time, place of work, employees or organization must be completely rethought. For example, the Employee Journey is becoming increasingly important - i.e. the digitalization of recruiting, talent management or performance management processes. Every company can only optimally fulfil its business purpose if it manages to make the cooperation and processes between individual departments and employees as reliable and efficient as possible.

Ulrike Volejnik and her employees help companies to seize these challenges of the new working world as an opportunity to work in a customer-oriented, dynamic, robust and adaptable way.

Dr. Sarah Träutlein, Solution Owner - SAP SuccessFactors Work-Life

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"Managing Happiness“

Learn how SAP supports you to become the employer of choice and to attract and retain the best talent by empowering your employees to achieve greater workplace satisfaction, better overall health and well-being. Anytime and anywhere! See how you can gain actionable real-time insights to stay connected with your workforce and sustain a positive employee experience, resulting in successful business outcomes.

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As part of the “Future of Work” team Sarah led the product development of our HR cloud solution “SAP SuccessFactors Work-Life” (winner of the HR Innovation Award 2018). With her practical and scientific experience in this area she is focusing on how software can support the employee experience with regards to satisfaction, engagement, and wellbeing.

Prof. Dr. Gunther Olesch, CEO Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co KG

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Prof. Dr. Gunther Olesch, born in 1955, studied Business Psychology at the Ruhr University Bochum and obtained his doctorate in 1984. He worked at a personnel consultancy in Bochum from 1982 to 1985, focusing on staff selection and training . From 1985 to 1989, Gunther Olesch set up and headed the further training and personnel development departments at Thyssen Edelstahlwerken AG, Krefeld. Gunther Olesch has been with Phoenix Contract GmbH & Co KG, Blomberg since 1989. As Director, he is in charge of the divisions Human Resources, Information Technology and Facility Management with international responsibility. The company is the global market leader for components, systems and solutions in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and automation and currently employs more than 16,500 staff worldwide. Sales of 2.2 billion euros were generated in 2017.

Gunther Olesch has been a visiting lecturer at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences for many years. He is also the Chairman of the Employers’ Association for Lippe and Chairman of the OWL Employment Initiative. Gunther Olesch also contributes to the National Electric Mobility Platform as a member of the steering group and as chair of the working group “Education and Skills”.

“Digitalisation: first practical experiences of company transformation”

Digitalisation is leading to considerable company transformation in terms of new products and business models. Production and distribution channels are undergoing significant changes, as are research and development. The latter is increasingly relying on new development methods, particularly in the direction of virtualisation, automation and the use of artificial intelligence.

Company transformation also has a significant impact on the working world and employees in the form of new skills and types of work, as well as a new company culture

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Kai-Stefan Linnenkohl has been Labour Relations Director and member of the IAV Management Board since December 2015. In this position, he is responsible for human resources, healthcare, work safety, vocational education and training as well as social welfare and pension provision at IAV.

Mr Linnenkohl began working with IAV in Berlin in April 2015 as Head of Human Resources. Previously he had worked for more than 20 years in various management positions in Human Resources at Volkswagen AG, including among others HR Research and Development.

Kai-Stefan Linnenkohl graduated in Law at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Sabine Sauber, Company Spokeswoman and Head of Brand & Communication Design Offices

Variable work space concepts are becoming increasingly important due to the opportunities presented by digitalisation and mobile working. This also includes corporate co-working which offers companies with a lot of project business flexibility and creative freedom. One of the most successful players in this field is Design Offices. CEO and founder Michael O. Schmutzer explains in his talk what is behind the concept of workspace as a service and how work spaces can be used as a tool to promote agility.

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Sabine Sauber is company spokeswoman and Head of Brand & Communication at Design Offices. The graduate designer has many years of experience in communication, brand management and creation, including as an art director at various agencies and in teaching. Currently, she is responsible for the communicative support as well as for the positioning of the German corporate coworking market leader as a permanent fixture in the New Work environment.

Ralf Neuhäuser, Human Cyborg

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"About being a Cyborg"

"I was fascinated by "cyberpunk" at an early age and read novels by Gibson, Spinrad, Sterling etc. So deciding to become a cyborg myself was a matter of minutes. My initial impulse was to become a little bit more like my Neuromancer heroes Case and Molly, so the first implant was both "a small step" yet also "a giant leap". However, I'm not just concerned with the romantic imitation of literary role models. What really drives my own personal development is an urge to make progress, to overcome fears, to explore personal limits and to inspire fellow human beings."

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Ralf Neuhäuser was born in 1965 and is an ambassador of the Düsseldorf Factory Campus, a 34,000 m² co-working space and startup hub in a former machine factory. After training to become a goldsmith, he began his personal digitalisation as part of a completely analogous design course by purchasing an absurdly expensive Apple Macintosh and teaching himself 3D CGI and web programming. His multifaceted career has included a job in the IT department of a large insurance company, a role as web developer in Europe's leading PR agency, freelance work in the same area, co-founding a makerspace, lecturing at a civil service academy and much more.

His presentation will report on the current status of his digital transformation.

Florian Klages, Head of People & Culture, Axel Springer AG

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Florian Klages began his career working with Axel Springer, as a management trainee at the newspaper, Berliner Zeitung in 2007. He is now new Head of People & Culture at Axel Springer SE with over 15,000 employees.

The 37-year-old Business Studies graduate was previously Managing Director of the Quality Division at Media Impact.

Florian Klages took over a management role at Media Impact in April 2016 and was initially responsible for marketing of national and regional newspapers.

Prior to this, he was Managing Director Print, responsible for the operational development of the BILD newspaper and managing director of the Berliner Zeitung.

Victoria Soelle, Director New Partnerships, The DO School

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Workshop: “Future-proofing organization: Co-creation & Diversity”

Special skills and mind-sets are required to lead organisations successfully into the future when you consider the high pressure for change and rapid transformation that we are currently experiencing. So employees are the most important resource for business success in a rapidly changing world. However, to deal with the challenges and opportunities productively, workers don’t just need new skills, they need the right mind-sets and other methods of collaboration such as co-creation. Learn in this workshop how co-creation can be used as a key means of stimulating innovations and raising the shared value of an organisation. What mind-sets are particularly important to actively shape the future as a “purposeful DOer” and how these mind-sets can be anchored in the organisation and practised by the individual to be successful.

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Victoria Soelle

Expert on multi-stakeholder processes between the public and private sectors in Europe and South-East Asia

Global strategic partnership development and strategic communication and campaign planning

Mentor & Coach for startups

Scott Goldner, Leadership, Strategic & Organizational Development Coach, The DO School

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Workshop: „Future-proofing organization: Co-creation & Diversity“

Special skills and mind-sets are required to lead organisations successfully into the future when you consider the high pressure for change and rapid transformation that we are currently experiencing. So employees are the most important resource for business success in a rapidly changing world. However, to deal with the challenges and opportunities productively, workers don’t just need new skills, they need the right mind-sets and other methods of collaboration such as co-creation. Learn in this workshop how co-creation can be used as a key means of stimulating innovations and raising the shared value of an organisation. What mind-sets are particularly important to actively shape the future as a “purposeful DOer” and how these mind-sets can be anchored in the organisation and practised by the individual to be successful.

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Scott Goldner

Expert in the design and leadership of programmes for organisations at all development levels with a focus on training and development of individuals at different career levels and also organisation development

Expert on the development of international managers - and team coach

Scott places particular emphasis on intercultural and intergenerational exchange as key components of all organisational changes.

Andrea Grudda, strategist, author und keynote speaker

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What can humans do in comparison to AI? Is a question that can decide about the future. Of course a person will be different from the AI. Human. And this is unrivalled in many areas compared to AI. If it would only behave human. The ability to fascinate - as a human being - is one of the most important qualities one needs in leading. Until now, the quality of a manager has usually been defined by the success of the company. This is no longer enough for the new generations. I call it Human Leading. And Learnability Quality, another. That would be the ability to constantly learn something new, not only in terms of knowledge and skills, but also in terms of human qualities.

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Andrea Grudda is a strategist, author and keynote speaker who combines science and lifestyle topics with practical relevance from the "modern world". For over 15 years she has been established as a trainer and speaker in various industries. She accompanies companies in their transformation into the new world. She has a great talent and instinct to recognize "what is coming our way" and understands exactly how people and customers will develop and behave. Andrea Grudda teaches trend management at the EMBA/University in Düsseldorf, has written several books and is part of Speakers Excellence.

Sophia Hatzelmann, Managing director ahc GmbH

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"Shaping digitalization - but what are we talking about?"

Big Data, AI, Deep Learning, Blockchain - every day we are confronted with terms related to digitisation. Sophia Hatzelmann uses catchy examples to explain what is behind the buzzwords and where they are already an important part of our everyday lives today, often unnoticed.

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The engineer (electrical engineering) has been working as a project manager and management consultant in the automotive and mechanical engineering industry for over 20 years and founded the technical management consultancy ahc GmbH in 2007. The company, which focuses on project management, process optimization and industry 4.0, currently has 50 employees internationally, 50% of whom are women. She is involved in the Augmented Reality start-up "Augmania", which was founded in Silicon Valley in 2017. Sophia Hatzelmann is the only female industry 4.0 scout selected by Baden-Württemberg and develops digitization projects for medium-sized companies.Since 2014, she has headed the MINT Commission of the Association of German Women Entrepreneurs (VdU), which initiated the annual MINTsummit, which focuses on best practice examples and the networking of women entrepreneurs with women MINT experts. she is one of the showcase entrepreneurs of the "WOMEN Enterprises" initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy and a member of the Executive Board of the Technology Diversity Equal Opportunities Competence Center, Sophia Hatzelmann was appointed "Engineer Powerwoman 2018" at the Hannover Messe in April 2018. In 2019, Sophia Hatzelmann was appointed by the Minister of Economics, Labour and Housing to the Economic Advisory Board of Baden-Württemberg International (bw-i). She lives in Stuttgart.

Michael Mollath, Chief Digital Officer, Deutsche Messe AG

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"Digitalisation only works together - digital cooperation needs a new attitude"

The digitalisation of our world and thus of our working world is happening whether we like it or not. In order for companies to be able to keep up, we need to work together with all our employees. Communication and cooperation change radically but offer many opportunities. Synchronous communication becomes asynchronous and local work becomes more and more mobile and decentralized. This requires a new attitude from management to co-determination.

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After studying International Business Administration with the diploma subject "The Internet as a Sales Channel" in 1997, the professional focus was quickly clear. After a "classic" industry entry at Beiersdorf, his first startup in the "New Economy Time" followed in 2000. In a record-breaking 12 months "from hero to zero" the first drastic "fail'n learn" experience was made. This was followed by positions at Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom and Sony. Here always as a producter and advocate of the customer's view of digital products and business models. This was followed by a longer position as CPO and then CTO at Ticketonline / CTS Eventim AG in the ticketing department. After 3 years as freelancer in e-commerce with major change projects at Breuninger, Otto Group, Hagebau, Bertelsmann, he was currently Chief Digital Officer. After his first year as a pure transformer, he brought about a "reverse take-over" and today, in addition to digital transformation, is also responsible for the entire IT and all other digital topics such as data, e-commerce and ticketing at Deutsche Messe AG.

His passion for New Work grew through his broad spectrum of experience and roles from all sizes of companies, from startups to medium-sized businesses to large corporations, from entrepreneurs and freelancers to top executives, with the questions of what skills and competencies employees need today and what leadership and organizational models are necessary to be prepared for the future of work with ever greater complexity and uncertainty. Michael Mollath is an avowed HSV fan and passionate golfer.

Moderation

Dr. Marc Beise

Moderation

Business Editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Born in Mainz in 1959, he has been Business Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung since 2007. He trained as a journalist with the Offenbach-Post where he was editor of the Politics, Business and News section from 1985. He later wrote for the Handelsblatt, and was Editor of Economic Policy before he left. He studied Law and Economics in Frankfurt, Lausanne and Tübingen and wrote his doctorate on the World Trade Organisation.

Beise is the author of numerous books on political and business issues.

He regularly takes part in television and radio discussions, lectures, moderations of forums and business events.